Twmpa to The Bear at Crickhowell Posted by Jo
Our annual run from The Twmpa to Sunday lunch at the Bear nearly didn't happen due to severe weather warnings. Looking out my window at 6am it looked pretty clear up the mountains and no one else had pulled out so Ange (the Llanigon Flyer), Imme, Lily (ridge walker), Jo and John (top International corporate lawyer) set off across the mountains. We decided to take a diffetent route this year which took us further west over Waun Fach and across to Pent Alt Mawr. What great views and such a lovely ridge to run. Slightly snowy underfoot but a really runnable route. It took us then to The Table Mountain above Crickhowell, which some thought more resembled a foot stool!
The run was a shorter route than last year which meant unfortunately we had longer in the bar before meeting up with the others.
Shaun, Flick, Jon and Tina ran what sounded a really interesting route a round Crickhowell with local history info supplied by Jon.We all finished off with Sunday dinner at The Bear...great day out.
Photos here

New Years Day Hereford 10k
Feeling very pleased with our selves imagining all those poor souls with raging hangovers. A good turn out for HH to start off the New Year. Some of us even managed Nos Galon the night before! A very mild start to 2012, shorts were the order of the day. There is a very special feeling to this race and I'm not sure what it says about runners, that there is always such a good turnout to this race, even after a heavy night! Congratulations to David who won his age group.
HAPPY NEW YEAR

Barefoot Running in Kerala Posted by Jo
Impossible to go on holiday and not run at all! I've never done any barefoot running and having been plauged by a foot injury for several months I was at best a little appehensive. This was the best recovery running I could have done. It really helped to strengthen my ankles and has made me wonder about trying it here....maybe not actually barefoot though!